Free Motion to Dismiss - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:07-cv-00440-SLR Document 28 Filed O9/21/2007 Page 1 of 2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ‘
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
G&G, LLC, )
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Plaintiff, ) Case No. 07-440 (SLR)
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James L. Hyde, et al., )
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Defendants. )
MOTION OF DEFENDANTS WALNUT INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP, WALNUT
PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, LP, THE WALNUT GROUP, BRAND EQUITY VENTURES
II, LP, MILLEVERE HOLDINGS LIMITED, DAVID YARNELL, JAMES GOULD,
SIMON WRIGHT, AND WALT SPOKOWSKI TO DISMISS OR STAY AMENDED
COMPLAINT OF G&G, L.L.C. PURSUANT TO THE FIRST-TO-FILE DOCTRINE
Defendants Walnut Investment Partners, LP, Walnut Private Equity Fund, LP, The
Walnut Group, Brand Equity Ventures II, LP, Millevere Holdings Limited, David Yarnell, James
Gould, Simon Wright, and Walt Spokowski (collectively "Moving Defendants") hereby move
this Court to dismiss G&G’s Amended Complaint pursuant to the "first—to—file" rule recognized
by the Third Circuit, and most recently applied in this judicial district in Time Warner Cable,
Inc. v. GPNE Corp., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52655, at *9 (D. Del. July 20, 2007). Alternatively,
the Moving Defendants ask the Court to stay this case in favor of the previously filed and
ongoing litigation arising out of the same facts styled Walnut Investment Partners, LP, et al. v.
G&G, LLC et al. and pending in the United States District Court for the Southem District of

Case 1:07-cv-00440-SLR Document 28 Filed O9/21/2007 Page 2 of 2
Ohio under Case No. 1:07-cv-380 ("Ohio Action"). The grounds for this Motion are set forth
more iiilly in the accompanying Opening Brief
Mic ael A. eidinger (`N 3330)
ose h S. Naylor (N0. 388 )
Mo is JAMEs LLP
50 Delaware Avenue
te 1500
1 P.O. Box 2306
Wilmington, DE 19801
Tel: (302) 888-6800
Fax: (302) 571-1750
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[email protected]
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Michael L. Scheier (0055512)
Joseph L. Bruemmer (0079120)
KEAUNG MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL
· One East Fourth St., Suite 1400
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Phone: (513) 579-6952
Fax: (513) 579-6457
[email protected]
[email protected]
Attorney for Defendants,
Brand Equity Ventures IL LP, Walnut
Investment Partners, LP, Walnut Private
Equity Fund, LP, The Walnut Group, Millevere
Holdings Limited David Yarnell, James
Gould, Simon Wright, & Walt Spokowski
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